Some other covid19 visualizations:

https://coronavirus.1point3acres.com/

https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html

# data source https://www.census.gov/data/datasets/time-series/demo/popest/2010s-state-total.html and wikipedia
df_population <- data.frame(
  state = c("AK", "AL", "AR", "AS", "AZ", "CA", "CO", "CT", "DC", "DE", "FL", 
            "GA", "GU", "HI", "IA", "ID", "IL", "IN", "KS", "KY", "LA", "MA", 
            "MD", "ME", "MI", "MN", "MO", "MP", "MS", "MT", "NC", "ND", "NE", 
            "NH", "NJ", "NM", "NV", "NY", "OH", "OK", "OR", "PA", "PR", "RI", 
            "SC", "SD", "TN", "TX", "UT", "VA", "VI", "VT", "WA", "WI", "WV", "WY"),
  population = c(731545, 4903185, 3017804, 55465 , 7278717, 39512223, 5758736, 3565287, 705749, 973764, 21477737,
                 10617423, 165768, 1415872, 3155070, 1787065, 12671821, 6732219, 2913314, 4467673, 4648794, 6892503, 
                 6045680, 1344212,  9986857, 5639632, 6137428, 56882, 2976149, 1068778, 10488084, 762062, 1934408,
                 1359711, 8882190, 2096829, 3080156, 19453561, 11689100, 3956971, 4217737, 12801989, 3193694, 1059361,
                 5148714, 884659, 6829174, 28995881, 3205958, 8535519, 106977 , 623989, 7614893, 5822434, 1792147, 578759)
)

# The Atlantic Monthly Group (CC BY-NC 4.0)
# source: https://covidtracking.com/api

df_states <- fread("https://covidtracking.com/api/v1/states/daily.csv") %>% 
               replace(is.na(.), 0) %>%
               inner_join(df_population, by = "state")%>%
               mutate(date = as.Date(as.character(date), "%Y%m%d"))

tableau10 <- as.list(ggthemes_data[["tableau"]][["color-palettes"]][["regular"]][[1]][,2])$value
first_day <- as.Date("2020-03-15") # to select a date
today <-  as.Date(toString(max(df_states$date)))
  
kable(head(df_states, n = 3))
date state positive probableCases negative pending totalTestResultsSource totalTestResults hospitalizedCurrently hospitalizedCumulative inIcuCurrently inIcuCumulative onVentilatorCurrently onVentilatorCumulative recovered dataQualityGrade lastUpdateEt dateModified checkTimeEt death hospitalized dateChecked totalTestsViral positiveTestsViral negativeTestsViral positiveCasesViral deathConfirmed deathProbable totalTestEncountersViral totalTestsPeopleViral totalTestsAntibody positiveTestsAntibody negativeTestsAntibody totalTestsPeopleAntibody positiveTestsPeopleAntibody negativeTestsPeopleAntibody totalTestsPeopleAntigen positiveTestsPeopleAntigen totalTestsAntigen positiveTestsAntigen fips positiveIncrease negativeIncrease total totalTestResultsIncrease posNeg deathIncrease hospitalizedIncrease hash commercialScore negativeRegularScore negativeScore positiveScore score grade population
2020-10-19 AK 12220 0 524003 0 totalTestsViral 536223 65 0 0 0 8 0 6516 A 10/19/2020 03:59 2020-10-19T03:59:00Z 10/18 23:59 67 0 2020-10-19T03:59:00Z 536223 10859 525048 12220 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 204 3308 536223 3512 536223 0 0 69b847e0fe9b05ba3cc485d576949b9ea2f59cfb 0 0 0 0 0 0 731545
2020-10-19 AL 173485 21213 1107828 0 totalTestsViral 1260100 859 19081 0 1939 0 1106 74238 A 10/19/2020 11:00 2020-10-19T11:00:00Z 10/19 07:00 2789 19081 2020-10-19T11:00:00Z 1260100 0 0 152272 2621 168 0 0 0 0 0 61800 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 859 5459 1281313 6204 1281313 1 226 622efeb21f69f1714609d5c58da3fe7fb9562b13 0 0 0 0 0 0 4903185
2020-10-19 AR 99597 5807 1130124 0 totalTestsViral 1223914 604 6361 248 0 95 776 89217 A+ 10/19/2020 00:00 2020-10-19T00:00:00Z 10/18 20:00 1714 6361 2020-10-19T00:00:00Z 1223914 0 1130124 93790 1562 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36212 6413 21856 3300 5 531 7536 1229721 7970 1229721 10 46 cbca059c35fa847104c72063db76c4e24a316afc 0 0 0 0 0 0 3017804

Rhode Island (as I live in RI now)

df_states %>% filter(state == "RI") %>%
    ggplot() + 
      geom_label(x = first_day, y = 650, color = "darkgray", label = "total positive", size = 2, hjust = 0) + 
      geom_text(mapping = aes(x = date, y = 600, label = positive), color = "darkgray", size = 2, angle = 90, hjust = 0)+ 
      #geom_label(x = first_day, y = 800, color = "black", label = "death", size = 2, hjust = 0) + 
      geom_label(x = first_day, y = 550, color = tableau10[2], label = "positiveIncrease", size = 2, hjust = 0) + 
      geom_label(x = first_day, y = 500, color = tableau10[1], label = "hospitalizedCurrently", size = 2, hjust = 0) + 
      # geom_line(mapping = aes(x = date, y = death), alpha = 0.7, color = "black", size = LINE_SIZE) + 
      # geom_text(mapping = aes(x = date - 0.5, y = death + 10, label = death), color = "black", size = 1.5) + 
      # geom_point(mapping = aes(x = date, y = death), color = "black", shape = 10) + 
      geom_line(mapping = aes(x = date, y = hospitalizedCurrently), alpha = 0.7, color = tableau10[1], size = LINE_SIZE) + 
      geom_text(mapping = aes(x = date - 0.5, y = hospitalizedCurrently + 10, label = hospitalizedCurrently), color =  tableau10[1], size = 1.25) + 
      geom_point(mapping = aes(x = date, y = hospitalizedCurrently), color = tableau10[1], shape = 15) + 
      geom_line(mapping = aes(x = date, y = positiveIncrease), alpha = 0.7, color = tableau10[2], size = LINE_SIZE) + 
      geom_text(mapping = aes(x = date - 0.5, y = positiveIncrease + 10, label = positiveIncrease), color =  tableau10[2], size = 1.25)+ 
      geom_point(mapping = aes(x = date, y = positiveIncrease), color = tableau10[2]) + 
      scale_x_date(limits = c(first_day, today), breaks = seq(first_day, today, by = "day")) + 
      xlab("Date") + ylab("") + ggtitle("RI")

US - all states

df_states %>% group_by(date) %>%
    summarise(positiveIncrease = sum(positiveIncrease), hospitalizedCurrently = sum(hospitalizedCurrently), total = sum(positive)) %>% 
    ungroup() %>%
    ggplot() + 
     geom_label(x = first_day, y = 68000, color = "darkgray", label = "total positive: ", size = 2, hjust = 0) +
     geom_text(mapping = aes(x = date, y = 70000, label = total), color = "darkgray", size = 2, angle = 90, hjust = 0) +
     geom_label(x = first_day, y = 50000, color = tableau10[1], label = "hospitalizedCurrently", size = 2, hjust = 0) +
     geom_label(x = first_day, y = 55000, color = tableau10[2], label = "positiveIncrease", size = 2, hjust = 0) +
     geom_line(mapping = aes(x = date, y = hospitalizedCurrently), alpha = 0.7, color = tableau10[1], size = LINE_SIZE) +
     geom_text(mapping = aes(x = date - 0.5, y = hospitalizedCurrently + 1000, label = hospitalizedCurrently), color =  tableau10[1], size = 1.25) +
     geom_point(mapping = aes(x = date, y = hospitalizedCurrently), color = tableau10[1], shape = 15) +
     geom_line(mapping = aes(x = date, y = positiveIncrease), alpha = 0.7, color = tableau10[2], size = LINE_SIZE) +
     geom_text(mapping = aes(x = date - 0.5, y = positiveIncrease + 1000, label = positiveIncrease), color =  tableau10[2], size = 1.25) +
     geom_point(mapping = aes(x = date, y = positiveIncrease), color = tableau10[2]) +
     scale_x_date(limits = c(first_day, today), breaks = seq(first_day, today, by = "day")) +
     xlab("Date") + ylab("") + ggtitle("US - positiveIncrease & hospitalizedCurrently")

US - daily top-3 contributors

If a state has been a top 3 contributor

as_top <- df_states %>%
    filter(date > first_day)%>%
    mutate(str_date = as.character(date))%>%
    group_by(str_date) %>%
    arrange(positiveIncrease, by_group = TRUE)%>%
    slice_tail(n = 3) %>%
    ungroup() %>%
    summarise(unique(state))
as_top <- unlist(as_top)
    
df_states %>%
    filter(state %in% as_top) %>%
    ggplot() +
      stat_steamgraph(mapping = aes(x = date, y = positiveIncrease, group = state, fill = state))  +
      scale_x_date(limits = c(first_day, today), breaks = seq(first_day, today, by = "week"))  +
      scale_y_continuous(breaks = seq(-20000, 20000, by = 5000), labels = c("20000", "15000", "10000", "5000", "0", "5000", "10000", "15000", "20000")) +
      scale_fill_tableau(palette = "Tableau 20") +
      xlab("Date") + ylab("positiveIncrease") + ggtitle("If a state was a top-3 contributor on a day")

US - positiveIncrease by state

num_lag <- 21

find_coef <- function(x, y){
  m <- lm(y ~ x)
  return(coef(m)[2])
}


df_colors <-  df_states %>%
  group_by(state)%>%
  arrange(date, .by_group = TRUE) %>%
  slice_tail(n = num_lag) %>% # last N days
  summarise(trend_coef = find_coef(date, positiveIncrease)) %>% 
  mutate(trend_color = ifelse(trend_coef > 0, "increasing", ifelse(trend_coef < 0, "decreasing", "stable"))) %>% 
  ungroup()%>%
  replace(is.na(.), 0) %>%
  select(state, trend_coef, trend_color) 
 
  
df_states %>% 
    inner_join(df_colors, by = "state") %>%
    ggplot() +
      geom_smooth(mapping = aes(x = date, y = positiveIncrease), color = "gray", alpha = 0.3, method = "loess", size = LINE_SIZE) +
      geom_line(mapping = aes(x = date, y = positiveIncrease, color = trend_color), alpha = 0.7, size = LINE_SIZE) +
      geom_point(mapping = aes(x = date, y = positiveIncrease, color = trend_color), size = 1) +
      scale_x_date(limits = c(first_day, today), breaks = seq(first_day, today, by = "week")) +
      scale_colour_tableau() +
      facet_wrap(state ~ ., ncol = 6, scales = "free") +
      xlab("Date") + ylab("") + ggtitle("US - positiveIncrease by state, colored by the trend of last 21 days")

df_states %>% 
    inner_join(df_colors, by = "state") %>%
    mutate(positiveIncreasePerMillion = positiveIncrease / population * 1000000)%>%
    ggplot() +
      geom_smooth(mapping = aes(x = date, y = positiveIncreasePerMillion), color = "gray", alpha = 0.3, method = "loess", size = LINE_SIZE) +
      geom_line(mapping = aes(x = date, y = positiveIncreasePerMillion, color = trend_color), alpha = 0.7, size = LINE_SIZE) +
      geom_point(mapping = aes(x = date, y = positiveIncreasePerMillion, color = trend_color), size = 1) +
      scale_y_continuous(limits = c(0, 600), breaks = seq(0, 600, by = 150)) +
      scale_x_date(limits = c(first_day, today), breaks = seq(first_day, today, by = "week")) +
      scale_colour_tableau() +
      facet_wrap(state ~ ., ncol = 6, scales = "free")  +
      xlab("Date") + ylab("") + ggtitle("US - positiveIncreasePerMillion by state, colored by the trend of last 21 days")

US - hospitalizedCurrently by state

df_states %>% 
    ggplot() +
      geom_smooth(mapping = aes(x = date, y = hospitalizedCurrently), color = "gray", alpha = 0.3, method = "loess", size = LINE_SIZE) +
      geom_line(mapping = aes(x = date, y = hospitalizedCurrently), alpha = 0.7, color = tableau10[3], size = LINE_SIZE) +
      geom_point(mapping = aes(x = date, y = hospitalizedCurrently), color = tableau10[3], size = 1) +
      scale_x_date(limits = c(first_day, today), breaks = seq(first_day, today, by = "week")) +
      facet_wrap(state ~ ., ncol = 6, scales = "free") +
      xlab("Date") + ylab("") + ggtitle("US - hospitalizedCurrently by state")

US - dailyTestPositiveRate against overallTestedPopulationRate

df_pr <- df_states %>% 
    mutate(testPositiveRate = positiveIncrease / totalTestResultsIncrease, testedPopulationRate = totalTestResults / population) %>%
    filter(testPositiveRate > 0 & testPositiveRate < 1) # rm buggy data to allow log scales
  
df_pr_colors <-  df_pr %>%
  group_by(state)%>%
  arrange(date, .by_group = TRUE) %>%
  slice_tail(n = num_lag) %>% # last N days
  summarise(trend_coef = find_coef(date, testPositiveRate)) %>% 
  mutate(trend_color = ifelse(trend_coef > 0, "increasing", ifelse(trend_coef < 0, "decreasing", "stable"))) %>% 
  ungroup()%>%
  replace(is.na(.), 0) %>%
  select(state, trend_coef, trend_color) 

df_pr %>%
 inner_join(df_pr_colors, by = "state") %>%
 ggplot() +
    geom_smooth(mapping = aes(x = testedPopulationRate, y = testPositiveRate), color = "gray", alpha = 0.3, method = "loess", size = LINE_SIZE) +
    geom_line(mapping = aes(x = testedPopulationRate, y = testPositiveRate, color = trend_color), alpha = 0.7, size = LINE_SIZE) +
    geom_point(mapping = aes(x = testedPopulationRate, y = testPositiveRate, color = trend_color), size = 1) +
    scale_x_continuous(limits = c(0, 1.0), breaks = seq(0, 1.0, by = 0.05)) +
    scale_y_continuous(limits = c(0.001, 1), trans = 'log10', breaks = c(0.001, 0.01, 0.05, 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.5, 0.75, 1)) +
    scale_colour_tableau() +
    facet_wrap(state ~ ., ncol = 6, scales = "free")  +
    xlab("dailyTestPositiveRate") + ylab("overallTestedPopulationRate") + ggtitle("US - dailyTestPositiveRate against overallTestedPopulationRate")

US - death per 10k by state

df_states %>% 
    mutate(deathPer10K = death / population * 10000) %>%
    ggplot() +
     geom_line(mapping = aes(x = date, y = deathPer10K), alpha = 0.7, color = tableau10[3], size = LINE_SIZE) +
     geom_point(mapping = aes(x = date, y = deathPer10K), color = tableau10[3], size = 1) +
     scale_x_date(limits = c(first_day, today), breaks = seq(first_day, today, by = "week")) +
     scale_y_continuous(limits = c(0, 20), breaks = seq(0, 20, by = 5)) +
     facet_wrap(state ~ ., ncol = 6, scales = "free")  +
     xlab("date") + ylab("death per 10k") + ggtitle("US - death per 10k by state")

US - positive per 1k by state

df_states %>% 
    mutate(positivePerOneK = positive / population * 1000) %>%
    ggplot() +
      geom_line(mapping = aes(x = date, y = positivePerOneK), alpha = 0.7, color = tableau10[4], size = LINE_SIZE) +
      geom_point(mapping = aes(x = date, y = positivePerOneK), color = tableau10[4], size = 1) +
      scale_y_continuous(limits = c(0, 25), breaks = seq(0, 25, by = 5)) +
      scale_x_date(limits = c(first_day, today), breaks = seq(first_day, today, by = "week")) +
      facet_wrap(state ~ ., ncol = 6, scales = "free") +
      xlab("date") + ylab("") + ggtitle("US - positivePerOneK by state")

US - tested amount by state

df_states %>% 
    mutate(testResultsIncrease = positiveIncrease + negativeIncrease) %>%
    ggplot() +
      geom_smooth(mapping = aes(x = date, y = testResultsIncrease), color = "gray", alpha = 0.3, method = "loess", size = LINE_SIZE) +
      geom_line(mapping = aes(x = date, y = testResultsIncrease), alpha = 0.7, color = tableau10[7], size = LINE_SIZE) +
      geom_point(mapping = aes(x = date, y = testResultsIncrease), color = tableau10[7], size = 1) +
      scale_x_date(limits = c(first_day, today), breaks = seq(first_day, today, by = "week")) +
      facet_wrap(state ~ ., ncol = 6, scales = "free")  +
      xlab("date") + ylab("testResultsIncrease") + ggtitle("US - testResultsIncrease by state")